I'm a big time sky watcher, always have been; people are always asking how I see so much phenomena up there and I always respond "you can't see it if you don't look for it", and here's a great example. I took these pictures yesterday. The sky turned red about 3 minutes before I took the top photo, and the bottom photo was taken about 5 minutes after the top one, so this sky feature was here and gone in no more than 8 minutes
I’ve stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to catch lunar eclipses, blood moons, meteor showers and the like. Sometimes, you get one chance in a lifetime to see the wondrous things in this world.
Loosing and challenges are a part of life, winners adapt, work harder and overcome, losers and proponents of participation awards do not and thus valuable lessons are lost.
My town had a proud history of winning in high school sports. All through junior high and the first three years of high school my teammates and I lost more football, basketball games and track meets than we won. By my senior year we had enough. Hard work and determination and the bitter taste of all those defeats left us with a goal of stopping the trend. We were undefeated in football and ranked third in the state in our class. We finished with 256 points scored and only 24 points scored against us. Basketball victories placed us into the semifinals. Our track team won or placed second in every meet including both indoor and outdoor state. Those defeats and wins left us with life lessons I cherish to this very day. I would have never become a Firefighter without those lessons. That is me, a 145 lb. halfback. My main talent was I could run the hundred yard dash in 10.4 seconds.
These are our relay teams members. Our mile medley team won the state championship. I'm in the middle. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I've always thought that you learn more when you lose, than when you win. If you don't quit you will become a winner.
@opipeman
Very poignant analysis! Also, very true across the board for everything in life. That said, you look a hell of a lot taller in the football picture than you do in the track picture! 🤣
@vtgrad2003; I was the shortest guy in my graduating class. I don't think I grew any taller after those pictures. I was 5'7" in 1962. Now I'm 5'6". You lose a lot of things with age. Like age however, height is just a number.
My god! We're expecting 6 to 11 inches of snow here on Sunday! I hate snow! Yes, I know that some of you on here will laugh at this amount of snow, but for me and the others around where I live, this is a CRISIS! Businesses will shut down and I won't be able to get beer, schools will close which means heathens will be running around sledding and crap like that, PLUS, I'll have to find my snow shovel buried somewhere in my shed !!! IT'S A REAL CRISIS!
@vtgrad2003 Stock up now. It's only your fault if you run out of food, snacks, beer and alcohol. So, schools will be closed (I'm guessing that means you won't have to go to work either.) put your big boy panties on and find a place so sit and smoke a pipe. Think of it as posing for a Normal Rockwell winter portrait.
Snow shovel? Why bother. Global warming will melt all the snow in a day or two.
@PappyJoe Very few libtards at an RV center, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen a libtard at an RV center (or RV campground for that matter), too many MAGA people here, their heads would explode within a few minutes of entering!
Honestly, though, there are 3 men here in the waiting area (including me) and we all have sidearms...heads would explode for sure!
* My tolerance for idiots is extremely low today. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously there is a new strain out there.
* As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history, one thing I'm sure of ... it will be misspelled and have no punctuation.
* Me: Sobbing my heart out, "I can't see you anymore ... I'm not going to let you hurt me again." Trainer: "It was one sit-up".
* Sorry I haven't gotten anything done today. I've been in the Produce Department trying to open this stupid plastic bag.
* Turns out that being a "senior" is mostly just googling how to do stuff.
* Do you ever get up in the morning, look in the mirror and think "That can't be accurate."
* I want to be 14 again and ruin my life differently. I have new ideas.
* Teacher: Give me a sentence which includes the words: defence, defeat, detail. Student: When a horse jumps over defence, defeat go first and then detail.
* God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world. Then he made the earth round...and laughed and laughed and laughed.
* I'm on two diets. I wasn't getting enough food on one.
* Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation "Maybe next time," isn't the correct response.
* I put my scale in the bathroom corner and that's where the little liar will stay until it apologizes.
* Felt uncomfortable driving into the cemetery. The GPS blurted out "You have reached your final destination."
* My mind is like an internet browser. At least 19 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen and I have no clue where the music is coming from.
* Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall, and when it rang, I picked it up without knowing who was calling, and I'm still alive.
Dang, I didn’t even see @Londy3 go, I did notice @ghostsofpompeii was nearly MIA, but I thought I had seen @ghostsofpompeii on a few recent posts. I’m sad to see all three of them bail😢
I think that all three were put off by the contentious political postings. @motie2 took it personally, I found it distracting and oftentimes childish and almost left but @motie2 and @Londy3 convinced me to stay. Unfortunately I wasn't as successful with them.
@Balisong I need to jump in here. I find it odd that you found it "distracting and childish" because when I first got on here, you and motie seemed to be having a great time ganging up on people like Londy with language and innuendos that were certainly quite personal and harsh; that's when I stepped in and started pushing back because it was far too much for me to stand aside and watch you two do that without recourse. So frankly, you can act like the innocent all you want, but what I observed (before even posting my first post) was quite different than you let on.
In the end, I think democrats are a pain in the ass, you think conservatives are a pain in the ass, which means we are all a pain in the ass!
Now, on to brighter things...here's another climate change cause to wrap our heads around; not only are we all going to die, but we're going to die with KIDNEY STONES!
@vtgrad2003 You commentedb "you and motie seemed to be having a great time ganging up on people like Londy with language and innuendos that were certainly quite personal and harsh" any examples? I went through this topic and "Political and Social Debate" and I am innocent!
@mapletop You are correct, but even if it is a 'proven' correlation, their findings indicate a whopping 2.2% increase in kidney stones by 2089; let's not all freak out at once over this
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Too each his own! If you got it, enjoy it.
Great photos, I'm a skywatcher too!
"Connecticut high school suspends basketball coach, apologizes after 92-4 win"
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/school-apologizes-suspends-coach-winning-girls
That is me, a 145 lb. halfback. My main talent was I could run the hundred yard dash in 10.4 seconds.
These are our relay teams members. Our mile medley team won the state championship. I'm in the middle. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I've always thought that you learn more when you lose, than when you win. If you don't quit you will become a winner.
I was the shortest guy in my graduating class. I don't think I grew any taller after those pictures. I was 5'7" in 1962. Now I'm 5'6". You lose a lot of things with age. Like age however, height is just a number.
Stock up now. It's only your fault if you run out of food, snacks, beer and alcohol.
So, schools will be closed (I'm guessing that means you won't have to go to work either.) put your big boy panties on and find a place so sit and smoke a pipe. Think of it as posing for a Normal Rockwell winter portrait.
Snow shovel? Why bother. Global warming will melt all the snow in a day or two.
I'm sitting here at the RV place getting some work done to my travel trailer and I just busted out laughing in public!
Laughing in public?
How rude!
Seriously, be careful the left is always looking for a way to tax something. Taxing laughter could be next.
Very few libtards at an RV center, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen a libtard at an RV center (or RV campground for that matter), too many MAGA people here, their heads would explode within a few minutes of entering!
Honestly, though, there are 3 men here in the waiting area (including me) and we all have sidearms...heads would explode for sure!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/see-it-queen-strips-prince-andrew-of-military-affiliations-and-royal-patronage
Bless her heart. She has her hands full with that bunch of inbred ingrates.
@motie2 felt that he was being bullied. I don't know about @Londy3 or @ghostsofpompeii though.
@ghostsofpompeii checked into TPL yesterday but I don't think he is posting anything.
I need to jump in here. I find it odd that you found it "distracting and childish" because when I first got on here, you and motie seemed to be having a great time ganging up on people like Londy with language and innuendos that were certainly quite personal and harsh; that's when I stepped in and started pushing back because it was far too much for me to stand aside and watch you two do that without recourse. So frankly, you can act like the innocent all you want, but what I observed (before even posting my first post) was quite different than you let on.
I'll expose incorrect information but don't attack the person presenting it.
Now, on to brighter things...here's another climate change cause to wrap our heads around; not only are we all going to die, but we're going to die with KIDNEY STONES!
https://myfox8.com/news/will-climate-change-lead-to-more-people-having-kidney-stones/
You commentedb "you and motie seemed to be having a great time ganging up on people like Londy with language and innuendos that were certainly quite personal and harsh" any examples? I went through this topic and "Political and Social Debate" and I am innocent!
You are correct, but even if it is a 'proven' correlation, their findings indicate a whopping 2.2% increase in kidney stones by 2089; let's not all freak out at once over this